This book offers a clear and concise account of the key debates in the globalization literature, serving as an accessible introduction to students new to the topic. It deals even-handedly with all the various dimensions of globalization--political, economic, social and cultural--and particularly draws attention to the role of people in processes of globalization. The book's historical dimension and its multicultural focus ensure that globalization is shown neither to be an inexorable process nor one that can be equated simply with Westernization.
This book offers a clear and concise account of the key debates in the globalization literature, serving as an accessible introduction to students new...
Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose -- and what can be done about it.
Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis aros...
The second edition of the "Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies "offers students clear and informed chapters on the history of globalization and key theories that have considered the causes and consequences of the globalization process. There are substantive sections looking at demographic, economic, technological, social and cultural changes in globalization. The handbook examines many negative aspects new wars, slavery, illegal migration, pollution and inequality but concludes with an examination of responses to these problems through human rights organizations,...
The second edition of the "Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies "offers students clear and informed chapters on the history of...
